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STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES

Center for the Arts
- Brauer Museum of Art annually hosts world-renowned exhibits and displays
- Two theaters offer top-notch theatrical and musical settings
- Graphic arts computer facilities
- Advanced photography lab facilities and equipment
- The Bach Institute - an institute preserving the legacy of the music and theological perspective of Johann Sebastian Bach for future generations
Department of Physics & Astronomy's facilities feature a linear particle accelerator, sophisticated particle detectors, and lab stations with ultrasonic motion detectors, LED photogates, thermocouples, and many other data acquisition modules
Astronomical observatory features 0.4-meter computer-controlled reflecting telescope and CCD camera and 0.9-meter SARA telescope, located on Kitt Peak in Arizona and operated remotely over the Internet from the Valpo campus
Engineering's VisBox-X2™ Scientific Visualization laboratory enables virtual-reality learning
Radio and television production facilities feature non-linear video editing workstations and WVUR radio station
Computer labs and campus workstations provide a student-to-computer ratio of 4.6 to 1
Technology classrooms integrated with audio, visual, projection, computer, and Internet capabilities
Preservation of Guild and Memorial Halls; 50-year old, upper-class residence halls restored to architectural grandeur of the time of their construction
Continued integration of latest computer, networking, and learning equipment within the residential environment
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources: automated storage and retrieval system among the first five installed in the nation
Virtual Nursing Learning Center - one of the largest of its kind nationwide
Kallay-Christopher Hall: studio devoted to weather forecasting with the only undergraduate meteorology program in the nation with dual polarization Doppler radar system
New 202,000 sq. ft. Harre Union completed in Spring 2009 provides a thriving "community" for campus involvement.